Senior Golden Sneakers
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LN I KNOW YOU ARE ON A NO SALT DIET
hOW DO YOU GET YOUR BEANS TO TASTE GOOD?
I use the beans as part of other things I make so lots of other flavors. The one thing I have found that tastes very salt-like is called Benson's Table Tasty. I cannot get it locally so send for it. You may have it in stores near you. It costs a lot but I do not use much at a time.
Hugs.
Lin
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Oh dear, missed out on the right date! MARCELLA, Please forgive me this year?!
For those having email problems, I discovered last night that anything with a photo, attached or integral, will not be sent. However, this, too, shall pass, and some other annoyance will take its place! So much for outdated tech!
I keep nodding off, which doesn 't lead to intelligenrt reading, but it all seems too much for this tired old body to think about, so hello an d goodnight
, have pleasant dreams, everyjbodayy
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A beautiful day, the sun is shining and the air mild. Our morning walk was a long one across the top of the moors and as ever we seemed to be the only people and dogs in the world. My plan today is to rake up a few leaves, clean out the hen house and use my Shark cleaner for the 3rd day in a row because I'm just loving it although embarrassed at what it's sucking out of my carpets! The old hoover is in a small pile of items to be taken to the local tip before Christmas where they have a special container for electrical items that can be recycled. George is in one of his grumble moods barking to himself about whatever is annoying him.... not loud but certainly irritating!
Jeri ~ A carvery is when several large joints of meat are set out on a side table along with a variety of cooked veggies, Yorkshire puds, sauces and gravy. You choose what meat you want and that's then carved off the joint and put on your plate before you walk along the table helping yourself to any or all of the rest. I expect you just call it something else!
Marie ~ I love beans too but they have to be in a homemade sauce of some sort and I check the sodium content of the ingredients.... probably easier for me because all our packaged food has to show this on the front whether high, low or none included.
Buzz ~ GET TO BED!!
Anne ~ Jilly's fox sounds similar to one my brother bought for George a couple of years ago. I didn't think it would take the strain of being pulled but so far so good.
Well, I've just heard on the radio that most of our motorways in the UK are very slow due to thick fog so it seems for once I'm up high enough to be out of it but I'll get on in case it drifts this way. Have a good weekend everyone.
Jackie
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I appear to have woken up with the start of a cold, no idea where I picked it up, good news I should be okay to cook the turkey!
We are snowed in. However, snow changing to sleet and rain this afternoon at 39F and then of course a big freeze up tonight.
I was wise to drop out of my grandsons party after all, and now with a cold starting I wouldn't want to give anyone else a Christmas present.
The carvery brings back happy memories of a lovely old pub named "The pipe and glass" JACKIE! Glad you love the Shark. I am also embarrassed about what my new cleaner picks up and I can't believe how much fur it's picking up along with dog biscuit crumbs, dust, my hair etc. I'm surprised she's not a bald Jilly and I a bald Annie!
George is in a grumbly barky mood today? Well, funnily enough Jilly barked for half an hour starting at 4:30am. I've no idea at what, but if it was a burglar he left us alone! Finally, she did the doggie mumble, grumble, climbed under the duvet, and mercifully fell asleep!
Hope everyone up north doesn't have too much of a dig out,
Everyone down south doesn't get sunstroke,
And Jackie and Patsy can see their way through the fog or mizzle.
Anne, (sniffle, sniffle.)
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Thanks Jackie, I thought it was something like that.
Buzz - I agree, off to bed. How do you manage staying up so late?
Anne - sorry you had a cold but it sounds like good weather to stay away from.
Sandy - I've been thinking about you. How are you making out with Babe? Did you talk to your friend about the matter? If I am too nosy, tell me to buzz off, but I worry about my friends.
We are off to see the new Star Wars movie with Melissa and her family. We'll enjoy it, especially because we are going with the grandkids.
Still struggling getting ready for Christmas. Baking needs to be done and I have to do my cards yet. Just about finished with buying presents.
What is everyone doing for the holidays?
Have a great day
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Buzz - Totally forgiven! It was a very nice birthday.
Jackie - I had the same reaction when I first got my Shark cleaner. I'm continually amazed at how much this thing picks up. Fortunately, it's so much easier to use than my old vacuum, so I enjoy using it much more frequently. Who knew 2 cats could have so much fur everywhere!
Anne - Stay snuggled in today and feel better soon.
Jeri - Good luck with your Christmas endeavors this weekend!
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend,
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I have officially lost my mind!! I just found this post from yesterday on the Pound a Week forum.
Happy Friday!
I am not happy but it is my own fault so have no one to blame but myself. I gained 2.2 pounds this week and although I think most of it is a salt gain, I am ready to give up! Not really but I wish I could get in gear and get to my goal weight once and for all. It is a never ending fight but will continue to keep boxing until I get the knockout!!
Marcella, glad to hear you had a nice birthday. Love your tree, you did a great job!!
Anne, poor Mike, nothing worse than driving in a snow storm. He is such a good son to help you and look after you, give him a hug from me.
Jeri, I immediately ran cold water over my burn and used a cortisone cream so it is fine today. It was just a dumb mistake, had the pot holder in my hand to move the burner to clean under it and instead grabbed the burner with my bare hand. Luckily no blister so all is good. Your holiday picture is great as usual, what a wonderful tradition.
Lin, enjoy your new printer. My printer doesn't seem to recognize my phone any longer after I went to windows 10. Not a big deal since it prints from my computer but it was nice to print off the phone.
Shirley, good luck with your knee and I think it is a good idea to go asap for the MRI if needed.
Buzz, wish I could help with your email but you have me confused on what server you are using to receive your email. At least you don't have to put up with these freezing temps in Florida, this is almost becoming ridiculous. I shouldn't complain too much as winter came late but with a vengeance.
Jackie, you are such a good friend and I know they all appreciate your kindness. Did you get your decorations up?
Marie, how are you feeling? Any plans for Christmas?
I am pretty sure I am staying in today with more snow heading our way. I would love to go see Robby but I don't want to get caught in snow. Hopefully, I can get there over the weekend.
Have a great day!!
Sandy
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Now for today!!
Happy Saturday! It has warmed up to 20 degrees with a wind chill of 13 but tomorrow and Monday will be brutal. If it isn't too bad I will try to go to Mass at 5:00 and stop at Walmart for a few last minute items for Christmas.
Marcella, you are doing great with your weight loss, congratulations!!
Jeri, I cancelled the appointment due to weather and have decided to wait until after the New Year to talk to him. I did talk to Babe yesterday when he came with Daisy for a visit. I let him now how much he hurt and betrayed me and although he kept apologizing that did not help.
I really don't want a divorce but would like to be reassured my separation papers will protect me so will keep you informed.
Anne, so sorry to hear you are coming down with a cold. Are you making the turkey for Christmas or are you celebrating early? Your weather sounds just like ours, brutal.
Jackie, the good thing about not having a pet is I have no pet hair to vacuum. The bad news is I also have no furry baby to cuddle.
Buzz, I hope you got some sleep, you need to let things go, they will be there in the morning.
Lin, are you keeping warm while doing all your activities?
Patsy, how did you deal with the snow Portland had? My son and his wife just stayed indoors.
Have a great day!!
Sandy
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Well I just lost my entire post so I will just say hello. It is cold here and I am staying indoors u til church tomorrow morning.
Love you all. Hugs.
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Yhanks lin and phoebe for the really nice Christmas cards that came in the mail Hugs to both of you.1
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Hello All,
Sandy, thanks for the update. You sound in control of the situation.0 -
Lin, speaking of losing things, I just lost half of my post again. Darn.
Wanted to say we had fun at the movie and tomorrow we are going to the Calgary Girls Choir concert. It'll be too long, but it will be good.
Still working on buying Xmas gifts, doing Xmas cards and some baking. Need to get my act in gear.
Nite,
Jeri
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Tonight I will call it quits as I finally got to bed at 6:30 this morning! I don't know why I just stay up, but I always seem to find a reason. However, after dinner, as we gathered in the lobby for our Saturday night chat, I noticed a friend, who refuses to recognize her Parkinson's condition needs different living style, stumbling through the empty area of the lobby toward her building, and once I caught up with her, I was shocked at her lack of color and eye focus. So I called a nurse and walked her up to her apartment where she almost collapsed! The nurse met us on the way, and ascertained she was overmedicated, so I stayed with her until I felt she was safely bedded down with an aide ordered for the entire night in case she had to get up. She has fallen too frequently recently and is beginning to accept my suggestion she move to assisted living quarters so she won't end up with broken bones again!
SANDY, I'm in the process of moving from receiving all my email programs in one place, WindowsLiveMail, part of Windows Essentials, which will soon be dropped out of Microsoft Support. I cannot decide which to go to, since I had gotten so used to WLM! But I finally got used to that after my Outlook Express was deleted and now I will relearn how to receive emails anew! My comcast and gmail all get swept into Windows LiveMail where it's simple to perform many functions, including 1 stroke sending mail to a hidden Special Folder for saving things! 1 stroke printing, I loved it, but it has become very Unstable. If you
have experience with Outlook (the free version) or Windows 10 MAIL, I can transfer most things directly, but I don't want a big burdensome program! Today my printer stopped being online and I couldn't seem to find anything wrong. Luckily, Troubleshooting discovered one of the drivers needed updating and all seems OK again! So I'm off to bed at a reasonable hour for once, and I'll bid you all a happy goodnight! I ordered an extra wireless keyboard and mouse so I can use the lounge chair for printing or typing while keeping my legs raised!
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Anne, I hope you can shake off that cold before the festivities begin. Here's a puppy sending you a hug to make you feel better!
A glorious walk this morning in drifting mist, crunchy frost, blue skies and sunshine.... a perfect start to the day! A trip into town means the car is now topped up with fuel and upon my return I refilled the windscreen wash so for the rest of the day I'll do a few small chores but generally relax.
Marcella ~ I was shocked when that little Shark first dragged up so much cat fur and what looked like grit but like you, I so enjoy using it the carpets are now getting a daily clean whether they look as if they need it or not!
Buzz ~ Your knowledge of all things IT never ceases to amaze me because the slightest hiccup has me flummoxed especially when Windows 10 does its best to take over. In the week I lost my flash reader and am convinced Microsoft is interfering! With all that you sort and fix on your system I can see why you never sleep! As you know my email address is with Outlook but I'm not overly impressed and Gmail that I also occasionally use took me an age to get my head around so I was convinced a 12 year old designed it.... probably true!!
Jeri ~ I'm starting to panic for you with so much to do in the coming week! Everything will get finished I'm sure but what a rush!
Sandy ~ I've always had pets since I set up home away from parents and have done my best to keep up with the shedding fur or so I thought!! Feeling a cat sleeping on my feet at night or having George greet me like a long lost friend any time I pop out without him enhances my life no end except when I discover the live mouse Brady brought in and lost behind the refrigerator has climbed into a cupboard to chew a pack of cous-cous! An humane trap has been set for days now but no sign so I think it's climbed even further following electric cables into the roof space and hopefully out!! My received Christmas cards hang from the beams and a couple of decorations hang out of Brady's reach but apart from a couple of candles, that's it because it's little monster's first Christmas and I don't want to fall out with him!!
Lin ~ If the weather is really awful don't venture out.... I'm sure your church will understand. Better to curl up with homemade soup and a good book or video!
Oops, seemed to post without signing off so will finish, get myself some lunch and then yes.... out with the Shark!! I hope everyone has an enjoyable Sunday.
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Thanks for the puppy hug JACKIE! This cold doesn't appear as bad as the last doozy which floored the whole family. Could it be because it's an English cold, lol? Darren who's clearing my drive brought it back from his working trip to the UK and passed it on to me, so here I am full of the old country! Doesn't make me any happier however, I hadn't had a cold for years and years, so now I've got my second this season I can't say I'm overjoyed, English or not.
Anyway, enough of wimpy me. Forecast today, ice pellets this morning at -3C and then a plunge downwards this afternoon to -10, same for tomorrow, and then, wait for it! We climb to above freezing up to Christmas and beyond. Maybe I'll get my green Christmas after all! At the moment, the entire huge country is under snow.
I've no decorations up either, no tree, just a grapevine delapidated wreath decorated with copper cutouts, bells and ribbon. It fell off the wall with a tinkling and a crashing and a joyous, barking Jilly grabbed it. I wrested it off her, and it's now back on the wall looking even more delapidated which proves Jackie, my cousin in Australia, and yours truly have done the right thing bypassing a tree this year!
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A photo from our morning walk.
Anne ~ Ice pellets, snuffly cold, temperatures plunging and climbing.... I'd wrap myself in a blanket and wait for your green Christmas if I was you!
Jackie
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Full agreement!
Is that you m'dear under the gorgeous tuque? Give the equally gorgeous George a tickle behind those lovely furry ears from me, and we mustn't miss a tickle for Scruff!.
I'm doing Mondays wash today, to heck with the great outdoors!
Anne.
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Happy Sunday! Awesome pictures today!! Still in our frigid cold like Anne, with minus 4 temps. Heat wave coming by Tuesday when it will be 25. I went to Church and ran a few errands last night but unfortunately the replacement light bulbs for my window candles were the wrong size. Second time I have done that and I even had the bulb with me.
I am missing Robby and although I will see him Thursday and Christmas Eve I am thinking of taking a ride there today or maybe doing something with them tomorrow. It is just so cold, it is hard to motivate myself.
Jackie great photo but if I am correct that is not you but your friend who has lost so much weight. Please set me straight!! I have always had a pet when married but not so much as a child. I would love to have a kitty but my landlady wants no pets.
Anne, take care of yourself and keep warm. Now who is Darren? Is he the man across the street? And if so how did he get so close to give you that cold. (Inquiring minds want to know)
Just messing with you but I do get confused on who are your sons and grandsons.
Buzz, I have windows 10 and still have Outlook 10 so not sure why yours was deleted. Comcast is my server but I use outlook to get my gmail. I really didn't wan to mess with Microsoft's mail. The more simple the better for me.
Jeri, with all those grandchildren I imagine you are busy with them all the time. How do you find time to bake? I think I am in control of my situation but keep praying on it!!
Marie, you are well loved.
Lin, oh how I hate when I lose a post!! Hope you made it to Church with no problems and stayed warm.
Have a wonderful Sunday, one more week until Christmas!!
Sandy
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Explanation SANDY. Darren is my neighbour. He stood on my doorstep while we agreed on a fair price for snow clearing because I wouldn't let him do a huge drive with a shovel for nothing. He came back from a job in England with a cold and I got it just talking on the doorstep!
Mark is my youngest son at 52 and he's married to Mary Jo. Their 24 year old son and my grandson is Derek. He's courting Bev who lives in Ottawa and is a teacher. Derek is into graphic business art and I think, very talented.
Michael at 55 is now single with one son, my grandson, 26 year old Devin. Devin alas, lives quite a way away, so we don't see him too often.
And just for laughs, Jilly Bean is one very naughty and energetic 10 month old pup who keeps us all on our toes. Jilly is in for a shock because Mike thinks she needs more discipline and is in for training if he has his way. A bit like me, her owner Anne. However it never worked for me!
We are a very small family over here in Canada, but tightly knit I would say.
And here endeth the first lesson for those of you who made it this far.
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George duly tickled Anne!
It's me under that very warm beany although I've lost a bit of weight too! My friend Jill has now lost 84 lbs since November last year so same clothes size as me now although heading downwards still because she's a few inches shorter. Another photo from this morning she's just sent on to me
Sandy ~ I've a cupboard full of wrongly sized light bulbs and it's always one I haven't got that blows!
Off to cook dinner.
Jackie
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You look Marvelous Darling Jackie!!1
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Jackie - Wow! That picture is just awesome. I want to be there!
Marcella0 -
Jackie!!!! Gorgeous--!!!!0
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Yep, JACKIE's surroundings are astonishing! Love both pictures! I'm fa for a Maklling asleep but will try to explain my email situation for SANDY. When Microsoft did away with Outlook Express, I switched to receiving my Comcast and Gmail through Windows Live Mail, which I used to love!
Until it started dropping me after 4 minutes of reading !!! So now I'm looking for its replacement and find the new MAIL beast acts nicely with carryih...either I'm rambling or there are cursor problems, But I'm getting nowhere explaining so Goodnight. Oh, we had our annual chorus Christmas concert tonight, and it was disgaraceful! The pianist was totally unprepared (on our beautiful Steinway!), the Chaplain was ill, the chorus hated the selections, and they sure were not traditional . Buzz
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As I drove up on to the moors this morning with the radio on a presenter commented on our weather and used the word "DULL" which seemed extremely appropriate! It doesn't quite know what to do with itself, one minute cloudy and threatening the next a hint of sunshine. As we strolled I told my friend that I had posted a couple of photos on Sneakers of our walk yesterday and that Sandy thought she might have been me in the beany hat because I've kept you up-to-date with her weight loss progress. She has put a couple of photos together of herself before her change to healthy eating and how she is now and I've asked her permission to post on here so you can see what an amazing journey she's been on this past year. I'm so proud of her but more importantly, she's proud of herself!
Today I'll begin to wrap a few presents and again try to clean up a bowl of beeswax so that I can make the candles I promised myself. Right now my washing machine has finished a cycle so I'll see if I can hang the washing out for a couple of hours to at least get some air through.... can't see it drying in that "DULLNESS"!!
MFP doing strange things so I'm off!!
Have a good Monday.
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JACKIE, just a quick note, but will you tell your friend from me that I think she is truly amazing and she looks absolutely wonderful. It can't have been an easy journey so she is right to be very proud of herself. An inspiration indeed to anyone about to embark on the same journey.
Good luck with the outside wash drying. If I tried that here with my bed sheets I reckon I'd never get them back through the back door it being -12 c at the moment and which is much warmer than yesterday.
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Jackie - Your friend looks so much younger and healthier in her after picture! Thank you for sharing her journey with us.
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Good day, the temperatures are moderating. Yippee! Church was cancelled yesterday---I was so happy as I did not want to drive my old car out in the super cold unless I truly had to! So I have been alternating among, reading books, coloring, sort of watching DVDs and checking Facebook with a bit of cleaning, looking over the puzzles I have to decide what might be next, talking on the phone with friends, and anguishing over all the people with needs that I cannot help very much. Just got a call from “Feed the Children” literally begging for funds. Once upon a time I was a monthly giver and I was surprised they called as that was years ago.
Sandy, the new printer is one to use once in a while, not as my main printer. When I installed it via the Ethernet cable I specified to NOT set it as the default printer as most of the time it will be shut off and disconnected. So of course, I went back to my inkjet printer and it was no longer not only NOT the default printer (the new one was) but it was shown as offline---continually. So I deleted the printer, re-installed it and set it a default and now I can once again print. This stuff takes much too much time. I print from my devices which are usually on the 1st floor of my house and the printer is upstairs in a spare room. Guess that helps with lots of flights of stairs. Haaaa. I have the proper USB cable now and could hook it to my laptop but I am afraid to do it! I think it will mess up everything that’s been installed and I may not be good enough to fix it but it would be more convenient to hook it to the laptop!
Jeri, how was the concert? Hope the gift purchasing, cards and baking are going well.
Buzz, a friend of mine lost her ability to get email when Window 10 updated. She finally had to call a tech friend to come over and fix it for her. I don’t know what changed or how the friend fixed it (she really is a tech professional) but apparently Windows 10 is raising havoc with email. I just use a web mail service to get to my email so that is pretty much a-okay as my browsers are working! Sorry the concert was not a good one. Most of your entertainment is just superb so maybe once in a while things will go wrong.
Jackie, your post reminded me that as it warms up I should check the windshield wiper fluid. I haven’t done that! I did get fuel though. I am sorry you have a mouse in the house. It reminded me of a church incident recently. In the midst of offering and communion a tiny mouse kept running from place to place in the front of the church. It was on my side of the church for serving communion. I wanted to catch the mouse, some ladies thought it was cute, others were frightened to death and most of the guys just wished the whole issue would go away. Eventually the mouse found his little escape hatch and escaped to the basement. And I love your wonderful hat, colorful gloves and nice boots. You dress well for your walks. Gorgeous you and cute little George. And I add my voice, your friend has really transformed herself. Good for her! Good luck with the candles.
Anne, thank you for the explanations. Now if my brain worked properly I would remember it all! I hope you are feeling better today. It is warmed here. The temperatures here are now in the teens! Wahoo!
Marcella, HELLO!
Time to move along. Haven’t decided if I should run my couple of errands or just save gas and do them tomorrow as I go to play Mah Jongg. They could wait.
Hugs to my friends.
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Happy Monday! Or laundry day if you prefer!! Got mine going, cleaning girl coming later and because I didn't sleep well, maybe a nap. Tomorrow I am meeting friends at Capitol Grille for our Christmas lunch, Wednesday I go back to the eye doctor since my vision was a little worse in one eye. My macular is the same but my right eye seems blurry and he said he couldn't test my vision because my eyes were dilated so he won't charge me for coming back. I wear reading glasses and only wear the distant for night driving. It is hard to believe it is Christmas week, the time goes faster and faster, kind of scary.
Anne, think how cold your sheets would be for sleeping if you hung them outside!
How is Jilly coping with the cold on her paws? Did you get her little boots?
Jackie, oh my goodness, your friend looks amazing!! She has done a terrific job and I agree with Marcella, she looks so much more healthy and younger. Please tell her thank you for letting you share and we all are so proud of her accomplishment!!
Buzz, I understand what you are saying but I wonder why I was able to keep my Outlook 2010 when I updated to Windows 10. Maybe I paid for it when I bought my computer since they no longer offer the free version, which is probably what you mean. Make sense?
Lin, technology is wonderful but a pain the neck!! It is still very cold here as well so I am putting off my errands until tomorrow when it should be in the 20's.
Hello to all I missed and hoping Patsy is doing okay in Oregon where the snow is finally melting.
Hi Phoebe and Marie!!
Have a great day,
Sandy
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No SANDY I didn't get Jilly little boots! She even wriggles her legs out of her pink winter coat. AND she hates squatting in the snow for a pee. Can't say I blame her!
We are now 19.4 Fahrenheit LIN. Balmy.
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